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I'm not very comfortable being an actorvist so to get to do something that I believe in is a much more comfortable way for me to be political.

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Allison Janney
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Boston
Massachusetts
Allison Brooks Janney
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I never watched Lost. I just thought it would be fun to be part of something that was such a big part of pop culture. But I thought I was going to be acting with more of the other people. I didn't know that I was going to be on my own on the island, doing this whole other storyline.
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I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.
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I can access emotions very easily.
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I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.
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I think one of my big skills is making unlikable characters likable or real in some way. No matter how hateful people are, there's always something vulnerable about them, or something that you can understand or relate to. I think that's my job as an actress - to find those.
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Comedy is a serious business. It's frustrating when I can't find the right thing that makes the crew laugh. If I don't make them laugh, I get very disappointed in myself. You don't really have a live audience, so you just depend on the crew to let you know if you're doing something funny.
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I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
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An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens.
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It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
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It's hard to describe to people how terrible it was when you could only watch cartoons at a certain time in your life.
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I think it was a subject matter that The Social Network didn't involve a lot of women. That's all I think it is.
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Don’t ever underestimate the power of mentoring someone, or helping some young actor, doing a favor for them, or introducing - everyone needs somebody to help them along when they’re first starting out.
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The pre-shoot days are so relaxed and fun and the writers are laughing. I love the rehearsal process.
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I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs it's a silly hobby of mine.
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I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.
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I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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I just wish that I had a part in everything Aaron Sorkin wrote. Sometimes I wish I was a member of an acting troupe where we all just kept working together, the same people. I can't, unfortunately, be in everything he writes. I'm excited for him, but I'm jealous that I wasn't a part of it.
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I got offered that role in Transamerica that Felicity Huffman did. That was a part that I was like, Well, maybe I should've done that. I'm at peace with it, but that is one thing that I did turn down that went on to do great things for her. I wonder what would've happened if I would've done that.
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I'm kind of at the mercy of writers out there. I need a writer out there who wants to write a vehicle for me. Do it and get it to me immediately. I do want to be a lead. I want to play a lead role in a movie.
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